Hi friends!!
First let me say that I LOVE Katie's post! I love the 3 glasses of wine and I love that you shared some time with your hubby Joey! I started a draft post a few days ago that I just deleted....I needed more time to articulate my point! But Katie's post nailed it! My draft said that I purposed that we are able to have a coffee or tea with a friend from the 7 group...thus intentionally building relationships that are Christ centered and expanding our communities AND that we could have a glass of wine with our spouse if we are intentionally spending time together talking about our faith and how we are growing in Christ...or how the 7 project is effecting us. Sooo....Yea for Katie taking this project to the next level! :)
(Todd said a glass of wine should be a REWARD for taking your husband on a date. Way to jump on board this project Todd.)
That being said, I had a cup of tea this weekend with my husband and his best friend who was visiting from Florida. Whew! Got that off my chest! :) Kidding. I was connecting with my spouse people!
Furthermore....here are my thoughts on how the project is going so far. Raise your hand if you are feeling totally sick. I mean, I am feeling so nauseous! My stomach hurts from all the spinach and I won't go into the color green I have been seeing lately. It's disgusting. I was feeling so good about this project until I started to FEEL THE BURN baby!
My prayers today have centered around mothers around the world who feel sick because of the food they have to eat. My heart aches for the moms who have rickets and all kinds of other diseases from being malnourished. My heart aches that they can't take care of their kids because of how sick they feel. Not to mention the heartache they have when their kids get sick because of the food they are eating.
My body hurts. Even though I am eating good foods, God intended us to eat a variety of foods for a reason. Each food brings a nutrient to our body that God made us to need. I am definitely feeling the lack of certain foods in my diet. I am also feeling the lack of God in my moment to moment life.
I have prayed more during this project than I have in a long time. I have become so aware of the needs around the world regarding hunger. I have made my kids more aware of the suffering children who lack food. So, I would say that this project continues to be a success.
HOWEVER, I am going to have to make some modifications to my diet. I can't take the green stuff and I can't take the nausea. So, I am going to eat the same foods for 7 days, then change it up the next week and eat those same foods for 7 days, etc. I will still fast from chocolate, sugar, wine (unless I am hanging with my spouse). Please excuse my modifications. I am continuing to pray for you all!!!!
Someone PLEASE invite me over so we can have a coffee together!!!!!!!!!!! seriously.
BEVERLY FOR PRESIDENT 2012! I am not kidding...I think your idea is genius! I think if I could change a few of my foods I might be able to make it. I obviously didn't choose foods with enough fiber...if you catch my drift. Although you would think with all the spinach roughage I have eaten in the past 7 days it would have helped, but alas, no.
ReplyDeleteI have been thinking a lot about the mothers in Haiti who have to feed their babies mud cakes. I remember hearing about this on the Fish (radio). They were saying that the mothers would buy these mud cakes (which were made from mud and salt) to give to their children who were crying and crying because they were so hungry. I cannot imagine hearing your babies crying from starvation. I actually went to a seminar on a group that is helping mothers learn about healthy eating and teaching them where to get healthy food in Haiti. It is a grass roots movement- using mothers who have healthy children to teach other mothers who don't. I'll share more with the group at our next meeting. I think it might be something we could do to help :)